Vita

Biography

Born in San Sebastián, Spain in 1962.

In 1974 moved to Santander, Spain. In Santander from 1980 to 1984 studied drawing and painting at the studios of Xesús Vázquez and Esteban de la Foz in Santander. Began university studies in 1982. In 1985 moved to Madrid to finish major in Art History, graduating with a Licenciatura degree from the Universidad Autónoma in 1988. From 1987 to 1993 attended the "Contemporary Art Workshops" at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, held among others by Juan Navarro Baldeweg (1987), José Luis Alexanco (1988), Jiri G. Doukoupil (1989), Soledad Sevilla (1989), and Magdalena Abakanowicz (1993). In 1988-1989 stays in Tokyo. In 1990 painted the mural at the Sala Griega of the Palacio de Festivales, Santander. From 1990 to 1992 lived and worked in the United States taking courses as a graduate student with Don Demouro, Ed Wilson, and Angelo Ippolito at the State University of New York. From 1994 to 1996 did several independent studies in Printmaking with Joan Barbará at the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca.

Since 1995 lives and works in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Grants and Awards

1994Grants from the Fundació Pilar y Joan Miró to attend two workshops at the Foundation, Palma de Mallorca

1990First Prize at the contest to decorate the doors of the main hall of the Festival Hall of Santander

1989Travel grant from Tabacalera S.A. to support solo exhibition at Kyouni Gallery de Tokyo

1993-1997Grants from the Fine Arts Circle (Círculo de Bellas Artes) for the Contemporary Art Workshops, Madrid